5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ABASH

ABASH is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈbæʃ/

Verb

To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.

Verb

To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

Alternative forms: abasse

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ABASH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ABASH as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 306 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___H A in the 1st position and H in the 5th position A__S_ A in the 1st position and S in the 4th position

Try next

RIONE TALER TUILE TOILE TRINE TRICE
Words starting with A Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
306 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ABASH performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ABASH ranks #10,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
14

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

718
277
239
125
119
102
78
72
70
61
58
49
41
27
23
21
20
19
19
15
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ABASH:

30% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

30.4% →
RIONE 5.97 bits
11.7% →
TALER 5.39 bits
10.1% →
TUILE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
TOILE 5.35 bits
5.0% →
TRINE 5.02 bits
4.3% →
TRICE 5.39 bits
3.3% →
CLONE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
RUOTE 4.96 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 4.48 bits
2.6% →
TALER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for ABASH; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

A1B3A1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.